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LIND – An experienced local crop-dusting pilot was killed in a plane crash Saturday, July 2.

Pilot Gavin Morse, 38, of Lind, was pronounced dead at the scene in a field west of town, the Washington State Patrol reported. There were no other occupants on board.

Lind Fire, EMS and Adams County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 300 block of Lind-Warden Road, near the North Roxboro Road intersection, after receiving reports of a downed plane there about 5 p.m., records show.

The aircraft, an Air Tractor AT602 agricultural plane, was registered to Gemtrek LLC, a Warden-based company c...